ANALYSIS: ASEAN to Hold First Joint Military Drills to Counter China Threat

Yudo Margono (C), Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, poses with ASEAN chief commanders for a group photo during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Chiefs of Defence Force Meeting (ACDFM) in Nusa Dua, on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, on June 7, 2023. Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP via Getty Images

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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will conduct its first joint military exercises in the South China Sea in September. The move indicates that ASEAN is joining other countries pushing back against communist China’s hegemonic ambitions.